Study shows 43% of college women prefer Macs

"Hi, I'm a Mac. And I'm a PC." -- You've probably heard those words more than a few times. Apple has been airing the "Get a Mac" commercials for a few years, and from the looks of it, the ads have been fairly successful. But has it really helped spread the word that Mac is better?

iPhone Savior recently surveyed seven college women at a school in British Columbia (Canada) and found that almost half of them said they preferred a Mac over a PC. They note that their research on the subject was ended early due to "several unfriendly encounters with campus security."

Numbers don't lie ... and Apple has the numbers (quite literally) on their side. Recently, Apple's market share jumped to almost 8.2% for notebook users. That's just amazing (especially for such difficult economical times).

Please note: The iPhone Savior survey is very limited in statistical terms of population, and because of this, the data is probably skewed slightly. We should also note that before you take a poll on a college campus, make sure you're a student or have clearance from the proper school officials. That being said, feel free to take part in our own poll on this issue.

Do you prefer Mac or PC?
Mac	9282 (89.2%)
PC	1127 (10.8%)

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Source: http://www.iphonesavior.com/2008/10/university-study-confirm…

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Judith

My experience both in college and law school (the former in MD, the latter in IA), is that far more than half of students would prefer a Mac but have a PC due to cost. I have noticed that far, far more people have a MacBook than did have an iBook or Powerbook. My guess is that as this generation of students begins to make money, more 30-somethings will have Macs and Apple's market share will increase.

October 14 2008 at 9:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

fred_mackay

Is this poll anywhere but here? Seems a little biased.

October 14 2008 at 1:20 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

samu

Slow day, huh, tuaw? I know, I know, you have to keep the click rate up for the advertisers. C'est la vie.

October 13 2008 at 6:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

James B.

Ugh... do you people really think TUAW is being totally tongue-in-cheek with this post?

This is the kind of lazy, crappy post that made me go from reading TUAW every day to just a few days a week, and now I'll probably hit it even less frequently.

That, and writing that software that is incompatible with a broadband card "bricks" it, even though downgrading totally works, and then not changing it for a few days is pretty weak.

To be honest, I think the best coverage on this site came from Erica Sadun's posts on the iPhone, and she's since left TUAW to write for Ars Technica (arstechnica.com), which is a MUCH better source for all things technology (and some sciency-stuff too).

October 13 2008 at 1:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ITS A JOKE PEOPLE !!!!!
The whole post was a funny. It was tongue-in-cheek.
GEEZ.
If you are stupid enough to believe that TUAW is seriously reporting about a poll of 7 people, you need to get off this blog NOW.
...we now return to our regularly scheduled internet...

October 13 2008 at 12:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mart

I voted PC. I don't actually prefer PC, but just wanted to stick this stupid poll in the eye.

October 13 2008 at 10:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Pauldy

The rest say they preffer a PC but at the end of the night given the choice between the two, they are going home with a Mac.

October 13 2008 at 10:10 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Pete Zich

I wonder if that poll is a little biased ;)

October 13 2008 at 10:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Luna Lovegood

"[T]he data is probably skewed slightly."

And yet the article was written.

Fanboys are gross.